LG, Vizio to unveil Google TV at CES

Google is turning up the volume on its TV plans for next week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Google TV will be unveiled at CES by TV makers LG and Vizio, joining Sony, the search giant said. Samsung plans to unveil a TV later in the year, though not at the show. Sony was previously the lone TV maker to adopt Google TV.

Google TV allows people to surf the Internet with its Chrome Web browser, search for content across cable boxes and elsewhere and access apps such as Netflix and Pandora.

Google refreshed its Google TV software in October, coming about a year after it first launched to lackluster reviews. The original products on Google TV 1.0 got slammed for clunky navigation. The update aimed to provide easier navigation, among other improvements.

With four TV makers now officially on board and three of them showing at CES, Google TV is making a significant coming out. Google did not disclose when consumers would be able to buy the new lines of TVs.

Also noteworthy, Google said the company is working with chipmakers Marvell and MediaTek on Google TV. That means Google, in a bid to bring down the price, is likely ditching the higher-cost Intel processors.

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